By his own admission, the last two months have given him plenty to think about.

“There are so many new things to me, so many parameters to the performance of the car that are new for me,” he told Reuters during pre-season testing.

“Let’s hope we can catch up a little bit with the midfield during the season and then obviously I’ll have to improve as a driver, try to work on myself and try to get used to these cars as quickly as possible.”

One obvious aim will be to do better than Swedish team mate Marcus Ericsson, who has failed to score a point in his last 48 races dating back to September, 2015.